After the great flood, one of Noah's grandsons, Nimrod, became a mighty hunter and then a king. He had everything a king could want, but whatever that was, it wasn't enough. He ordered his people to build a tower from bricks and tar that would reach the heavens, not as a monument to God's power, but as a monument to themselves. Everyone could gather there in one place so they could each tell one another how great they were. Sound familiar? 4500 years later we have our own Tower of Babel.
Social media has a lot of different faces, but one of the most common is that it provides a place where we can all gather and tell one another how great we are - getting the perfect photo, on the perfect vacation, in the perfect location with the perfect family. I recognize that many times these posts are innocent, but when a person becomes obsessed in building their image to be as good as, or better than someone else, that image building has become an idol for them - just like the Tower of Babel.
Now when God saw the Babylonians gathering to build the tower and worship themselves, he confused their language so that they couldn't understand each other, forcing them to separate and populate new regions. God could have a similar plan for social media, but in the meantime, I want to do my best not to be a babeling nimrod. I hope you will join me.
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